Ukranian Easter Egg, a photo from Alberta, Prairies

Photographer's Note

Another angle of the 'pysanka' I posted yesterday. The color scheme is significant.
Bronze- Mother Earth and her fertility
White Silver- pureness , innocence, and birth
Yellow- prosperity and happiness.

gracious, pboehringer, gunbud, kagemusha, Dyerco, Lilly716, scobert, avene oznaczył to zdjęcie jeko użyteczne

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snunney (130967) 2007-10-15 7:15

Hello Karen,
A very nice capture of this enormous egg whose colours look superb against the soft blue of the sky.

feather (51130) 2007-10-15 9:08

This is so wierd; I've never seen anything like it. The trees and street furniture are giving us the scale. Your lpw POV accentuates the size too. original work
Kath

Cretense (68709) 2007-10-15 14:50

Hi Karen!

Wow, what an egg!!! Very impressive and so is your photo. Simple but great composition, perfect light managment and brilliant, shining colours. Congratulations and TFS!

Hercules

AROBN54 (11475) 2007-10-15 16:02

Oh, Karen!
This is just superb! Great composition, great and extremely unusual subject and the light and color are breathtaking. Perfect sharpness and detail. this is just fabulous! Great shot!! Warm regards,
Shelly

Guto (1738) 2007-10-15 18:52

This is the better of two. Better colors and it's a better composition also. The position of the big egg gives more information on its shape. colors and size. I'm not sure about the white stick at left, it seems it doesn't belong to the scene and I would crop it out.

pboehringer (770) 2007-10-15 21:42

Karen,
what a remarkable shot. Totally surprsing view with the gigantic Pysanka. A perfect angle including several natural elements to give an ideia of the real size although having someone there to give additional reference would have been good too.
Regards, Peter

gunbud (34066) 2007-10-15 23:03

Hi Karen,
Great composition with fantastic intricate details captured here.
The colors are very clear.
The sharpness is excellent. I can imagine there is a sifnicant Ukrainian influence on the west of Canada.
Regards, Tom

Graal (103040) 2007-10-15 23:43

Hi Karen,
unusual egg, fine pattern and colours, amazing monument. In my country we doing pysankas also in the time of Easter. Interesting documental shot.
Gr., Aleksander

gracious (20025) 2007-10-16 0:59

Hello Karen,
You had captured this beautiful giant-size Easter egg real well not even a bit of OE still in perfect sharpness, vivid colour and details!
the exposure and focus is spot on!
well done
cheers
Tony

kagemusha (1288) 2007-10-16 3:17

Hi Karen,
A remarkeable shot of unusual egg! Simple and great composition, perfect light managment.
regards
mali

teutza (10590) 2007-10-16 3:19

haha...i just made a theme with unusuall things..this is one of them:))
great design:) and interesting place to be..i mean Canada..
teo

Dyerco (10185) 2007-10-16 7:54

Great exposure to show the colour in the pysanka. You have managed to capture it a great moment with the tree behind egg ready to give it a push.Ha! Ha!
Well done.
Phil

Fis2 (169847) 2007-10-17 11:14

Witaj Karen!
Curious egg (pisanka). Good frame and composition. I like the colors and light. Well done.
Regards
Krzysztof

Lilly716 (240) 2008-03-24 17:55

Hi Karen,

I like the amount of sky you captured in this shot and great blue colors! Very interesting subject matter too, it almost looks like the egg was added to the picture, but it's actually there, a giant egg! :o) I like how you included the tree to the left, it almost looks like the tree gives added support to hold up such a large egg. Great point of view and nice work!

Thanks for sharing,
Liz

scobert (5355) 2008-03-27 13:59

Hello Karen,
I had no idea that Alberta had such a marvelous sculpture! I am always learning something new all the time on Trek Earth. The artist did a fantastic job and I would have a lot of fun taking photos of this huge sculpture from every angle possible. Excellent photograph and thanks for sharing this amazing outdoor masterpiece!
Stan

avene (12675) 2008-10-22 11:33

hi Karen,
this photo came up at random in your intro page, and I cannot resist commenting on it :) absolutely surreal sight, like meeting an ant the size of the dog or a bee as big as an eagle. I like a lot the contrast of patterns against the blue sky, and also that you have included the surroundings to let the viewer appreciate the scale of this thing. I seem to detect some compression artefacts, like pixelation around the edges of the trees, but they are small and take nothing away from this fascinating photo.

best,
Kristine